Events and dissertations at the Centre for Applied Language Studies

Upcoming events and dissertations at the Centre for Applied Language Studies.
Public lectures, seminars and round tables
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Nordic Speech Research Forum: Professor Pekka Lintunen, University of Turku, Finland

Awareness is the key? Perspectives on the role of phonetic awareness in L2 pronunciation learning
Universitätsbibliothek "Lähde" ("Quelle")
Congresses and conferences
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Internationale "Finnische Germanistiktagung" 2025

Thematische Schwerpunkte der Konferenz mit dem Titel "Herausforderungen an die Germanistik im 21. Jahrhundert" sind Fragen der angewandten Germanistik.
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Past events and dissertations

Sheryl Cooke
Dissertations
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Agora auditorio 2, Agora

3.5.2025 MA Sheryl Cooke (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, applied linguistics, CALS)

MA Sheryl Cooke defends their doctoral dissertation in Applied linguistics (CALS) "The Assessment of English as a Lingua Franca and the Comprehensibility Construct".
Entrepreneurship in Finland -event
Alumni events
Other events
Student events
Business cooperation
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Entrepreneurship in Finland: Info session

Entrepreneurship in Finland: Info session
Congresses and conferences
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Language Campus Seminar 2025: Language unites

A seminar aimed for the members of the Language Campus
Public lectures, seminars and round tables
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Nordic Speech Research Forum: Professor Magdalena Wrembel, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań & Assistant Professor Jolanta Sypiańska, Szczecin University

Investigating speech rhythm and utterance fluency from a multilingual perspective: insights from production studies on L1 Polish – L2 English – L3 Norwegian learners
Dissertations
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Agora auditorio 2, Agora

5.4.2025 FM, MA Eva Malessa (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Applied Linguistics, CALS)

FM, MA Eva Malessa defends their doctoral dissertation in Applied Linguistics "Access to (M)ALL".
Public lectures, seminars and round tables
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Nordic Speech Research Forum: Lecturer Lisa Tulaja, Kiel University, Germany

Acceptability as a crucial dimension for measuring pronunciation. What we can learn from Danish as an L2.
Public lectures, seminars and round tables
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Nordic Speech Research Forum: Senior Associate Professor Elisabeth Zetterholm, Linköping University, Sweden

Pronunciation in L2 teaching for adult immigrants in Sweden
Public lectures, seminars and round tables
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Kari Sajavaara memorial lecture 2025

Associate Professor Kara D. Brown (University of South-Carolina) will be the keynote speaker of the 15th Kari Sajavaara memorial lecture on the 17th of January.
Public lectures, seminars and round tables
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Nordic Speech Research Forum: Prof. Emer. Tracey Derwing, University of Alberta

Can You Say That Again? Linguistic Factors that Influence Comprehensibility
Public lectures, seminars and round tables
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Nordic Speech Research Forum: PhD student Anna Persson, Stockholm University, Sweden

Investigating the role of pre-linguistic formant normalization in vowel perception
Dissertations
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Agora Auditorio 3, Agora

30.11.2024 MA Elisa Räsänen (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, applied linguistics)

FM Elisa Räsänen defends their doctoral dissertation in Applied linguistics "To the wild and back: Supporting language learners’ agency beyond the classroom".
Public lectures, seminars and round tables
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Nordic Speech Research Forum: Post doctoral researcher Sébastien Vandenitte, Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥

Setting Stories in Motion: Investigating the kinematics of Finnish Sign Language narratives with motion capture
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